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Victorians and numbers : statistics and society in nineteenth century Britain / Lawrence Goldman.
By: Goldman, Lawrence [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (lxiii, 371 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191943003 (ebook) :Subject(s): Statistics -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780192847744DDC classification: 001.422094109034 LOC classification: HA19Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: A defining feature of Victorian Britain was its fascination with statistics, and this study shows how data influenced every aspect of Victorian culture and thought, from the methods of natural science and the struggle against disease, to the development of social administration, and the arguments and conflicts between social classes.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A defining feature of Victorian Britain was its fascination with statistics, and this study shows how data influenced every aspect of Victorian culture and thought, from the methods of natural science and the struggle against disease, to the development of social administration, and the arguments and conflicts between social classes.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 18, 2022).